Like a drug, the rush of power, influence and wealth can quickly eat away at those whose ethical compass malfunctions (or doesn’t exist), and the fall from feeling like a 'master of the universe' to convicted felon can be both personally unexpected and tragic.

In our experience to focus on an appeal waiver when the sentence is not excessive is like allowing the home baseball team to bat in the bottom of the ninth inning when the home team is already ahead; they have already won, so what’s the point?

The U.S. Department of Justice in an email Thursday declined to comment on reports that the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York was handling the case, or to provide any other information on the matter.

The law gives everyone just enough rights to hurt schoolchildren in underperforming private religious schools, but not enough rights to actually help them. In cases where religious parents want less education than the state mandates—or even simply refuse to teach that which conflicts with their religious faith that the state labels a minimum—a compromise is needed.

As director of legal information services for the New York State Defenders Association, Strutin helped thousands of incarcerated people. He argued forcefully for expanding the right to counsel beyond current constitutional limits.

Citing a desire for the Court of Appeals to control its own docket, Chief Judge Janet DiFiore has made clear her desire to see a more restrained appeal process from the lower courts, according to numerous current and former appellate justices.

Does a journalist who challenges one of the White House's many distorted facts show a lack of respect? What about one who asks a pointed question? What will the White House's justification be the next time it targets a journalist?

“It is especially troubling for our community when the term ‘organized crime association’ is directed at the first chief judge of Italian American descent in the history of New York state,” the letter said.

Avila has experience in international insurance and reinsurance, having advised major international insurance and reinsurance companies in large and complex claims in Columbia and other Latin American jurisdictions.

NY law firms don't always make the NLJ Appellate Hot List for the U.S. Supreme Court but this year Cravath Swaine & Moore did. Chairman Evan Chesler discusses the firm's U.S. Supreme Court win in Ohio v. American Express.

Voters in 23 states—nearly half the country—face barriers to registering and voting that did not exist ten years ago and that disenfranchise our fellow citizens just as the Jim Crow laws did fifty years ago.

Those who attended ABA-accredited law schools and took the New York exam for the first time performed markedly better with an 83 percent passing rate but that was still down 3 percentage points from the previous year.

"We are committed to taking the fullest advantage of technology to help us adjudicate the challenging disputes that 21st-century litigation can present," said Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks.

The totality of the hearing clarified that Rachel Mitchell was hired outside counsel for the Republican members of the Senate Judiciary committee looking to defend Justice Kavanaugh from Dr. Ford’s allegations.

Manhattan law firm offices are designed to dazzle clients with breathtaking views and the latest wizardry at a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars a month. But a decade later when the lease expires, law firms face a day of reckoning.

Karp was recognized for the pro bono work he did last year on issues such as curbing gun violence, championing reproductive rights and fighting the administration's policy of separating children from their parents at the border.

While many law firm leaders are reticent to take public stands that might offend clients, Brad Karp sees it as a moral imperative. It's as crucial to him as winning cases, increasing profits, mentoring associates and maintaining high ethical standards.

Jim’s career is a colorful combination of solid-gold acumen, a sterling reputation and true-blue loyalty that has served his clients, his colleagues and his staff members extremely well for more than three decades.

While her client counseling alone would have enabled Eileen to make a profound impact, her tireless commitment to thought leadership and the development of the M&A bar has influenced practitioners globally.

"If Kavanaugh is confirmed after his petulant and entitled partisan rant in front of the Senate and the people, I don’t think I will be able to teach his opinions to the next generation of student—at least without always mentioning the illegitimacy of the institution he took down with him."

The NYLJ honors the top department in general litigation, as well as top specialty practice departments in the fields of class action, finance, insurance, intellectual property, labor and employment, products liability and real estate.

We pride ourselves on providing a creative and proactive approach to problem-solving for clients at every stage of the litigation, from successfully handling the immediate litigation crisis to trial, if necessary, and also tackling additional challenges to ensure a comprehensive resolution.

We have the trial and courtroom expertise necessary to tackle any dispute, but we back it up with corporate governance, restructuring and financing experience that almost always comes into play in these situations.

As litigation relating to the financial crisis slows down, different trends are beginning to emerge, such as the wave of litigation seeking to hold banks liable for alleged antitrust and Anti-Terrorism Act violations.

Important changes being brought about by empowerment movements such as #MeToo and Time’s Up have activated a culture shift and an elevated level of consciousness that will forever alter workplace dynamics.

Our successes include defeating a motion for a preliminary injunction which would have forced Puerto Rico’s Highways and Transportation Authority to turn over $100+ million in toll revenue to pay bondholders instead of using the money to maintain highways.

“We believe that it is essential to the rule of law in our nation and to the reputation of the Supreme Court that all Americans have confidence that candidates for the court are reviewed fairly and thoroughly, and that only an FBI investigation will give them that confidence," said New York State Bar Association president Michael Miller.

"We do not bill by the hour. Instead, we bill a monthly, flat fee and, if a client prefers, we also will bill a flat monthly fee for the expenses, which we will then manage," said John Desmarais, founding partner of Desmarais.

The only thing we learned about Judge Kavanaugh’s jurisprudence from his partisan sideshow of a confirmation hearing is something we already knew: that he is an “originalist” in the mold of Justice Scalia. Originalism has always had a respected place at the table of constitutional interpretation. One of the most renowned of all originalists was Chief Justice Roger Taney, who wrote the infamous 'Dred Scott' decision.

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